Tommy Spiegel

Tommy Spiegel (1861-) was a resident of Valentine, Nebraska during the 1890s. He was known to be a fierce, burly brawler at Smithfield's Saloon, and he became involved in a large bar brawl with the Van der Linde Gang in 1899. He attacked Javier Escuella before throwing Arthur Morgan through a window and onto the muddy street, where he continued to fight him. Ultimately, Morgan was able to pin Spiegel to the ground and repeatedly beat his head, delivering him brain damage which left him with aphasia and the inability to speak coherently. Only Thomas Downes' intervention prevented Morgan from killing Spiegel.